Stove or range.



No. 707,989. Patented Aug. 26, I902.

G. A. TUCKFIELD.

STOVE 0B RANGE.

(Application filed Jan. 13, 1902.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

GEORGE A. TUCKFIELD, OF SALT LAKE CITY, IITAH.

STOVE OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 707,989, dated August 26, 1902.

7 Application filed January 13. 1902. Serial No. 89,487. (No model.)

- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Stove or Range, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in stoves or ranges; and the object isto provide a simple device for increasing or diminishing the fire-space and grate area, so that more or less fire may be maintained as occasion may require, resulting in an economy of fuel when a small fire is desired.

I will describe a stove or'range embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partlyin sec tion, of a stove or range embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a stove or range, 2 the fire-box, and 3 the grate therein. A partition plate 4 is movable lengthwise of the grate, and this partitionplate has hinge connection 5 with a leaf 6, which in turn has hinge connection with a leaf 7, hinged, as at 8, to the fire-brick "or to a side of the stove. at all times vertical, and as a'means for mov ing it back and forth I employ anoperatingrod consisting of a section 9, passing through an opening in one end of the range and engaging with the partition 4. This rod 9 con-;

'nects with a rod-section 10, which, as here shown, passes along the outer side of the stove and is movable in guides 11. In some instances, however, it may move inside the stove and have a handle portion extended through the wall, so that it may be readily grasped. In Fig. 1 andindotted lines in Fig. 2 the partition 4. is shown at its extreme position in reducing the grate area.

The partition 4 stands When a larger grate area and fire-space is desired, the rod 10 is to be moved, and con- 'sequently the partition 4 will be drawn back, "the hinges 5 permitting the plate 6 to move upward, and the plate-7 will also move upward. The extremerearward position of the partition and plates is shown in Fig. 2 in full lines.

It is obvious that the partition may be brought forward when the fire is in full blast,

and thus all the fire may be brought under with the stove or range, and a rod for operating the partition, su bstautially as specified. 2. In a stove or range, a partition extended one hole of the stove, and the shape of the upward from the grate and movable along the 7 same, a plate extended across the grate and having hinge connection with the lower end of thepartition, another plate having hinge connection with the first-namedplate and also having hinge connection with the stove or range, a rod having a portion extended from the partition through an opening in the stove, and a portion extended along the outer side of the stove, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. TUOKFIELD.

\Vitnesses:

J. W. BOUTON, J NO. T. LYNCH. 

